Nina, the smart cutie! =))))))

Nina is a very adorable daughter!!!! =)))))))))
Her father is a Californian, and her mother is Japanese...
It's very cute the way she can speak and understand Japanese and English very well, plus her cute manners!
Oh my God! She's just so sweet! =)
This is one of my favorite video! =)

The Truth???

Just known about a 'Singaporean Pastor' issue from my sister and checked it out at you tube...

It's pretty sad knowing that nowadays most people tend to judge and impose their ideas about the Truth, without knowing that the Truth, the Truth itself , is unbiased, peaceful, transcends all differences, and it's simply the Truth...

Regarding this, I wanna share one of our Teacher's quotes and advices which are written in this beautiful Sutta:

Kalama Sutta

Do not simply believe what you hear just because you have heard it for a long time.

Do not follow tradition blindly merely because it has been practised in that way for many generations.

Do not be quick to listen to rumours

Do not confirm anything just because it agrees with your scriptures.

Do not foolishly make assumptions.

Do not abruptly draw conclusions by what you see and hear.

Do not be fooled by outward appearances.

Do not hold on tightly to any view or idea just because you are comfortable with it.

Do not accept as fact anything that you yourself find to be logical.

Do not be convinced of anything out of respect and deference to your spiritual teachers.

You should go beyond opinion and belief. You can rightly reject anything which when accepted, practised and perfected leads to more aversion, more craving and more delusion. They are not beneficial and are to be avoided.

Conversely, you can rightly accept anything which when accepted, practised and perfected leads to unconditional love, contentment and wisdom. These things allow you time and space to develop a happy and peaceful mind.

This should be our criteria on what is and what is not the truth, on what should be and what should not be the spritual practice.

The Buddha

May this advice help us to find out what is the true Truth... =)

May there be no more fighting, destructive debates, violence, chaos, etc. due to ideas about the Truth...

but instead may we shall keep on striving to realize the true Truth and become fully enlightened or whatsoever people name it.

The most important thing for a Truth seeker is that he or she be in complete harmony with the Truth itself... 

The Lunch Box

Being a waitress is quite fun! You've got to see many customers!
Some are very easy to please, while some needs something extra to be pleased...
Some are very friendly and kind, making your life much much easier...
Some are very demanding and testing your human skills...

Working for others requires you to be able to do everything and be very good at it...
Working together trains you to be alert of what you can do to help the team...
Working with people makes you have a gentle heart yet not fragile...
Working in a certain job teaches you that you need the passion all along...

Thank's to The Lunch Box for giving me a chance to experience being a part-time worker, to learn many things and trusting me from the very first day I was employed...

http://www.thelunchbox-malaysia.com/

New Hair

This is it!!! This is my new hair for CNY! haha, not really for CNY, well just for a new look! =)

PS. Thank you guys for all suggestions and encouragement! =)
      and also thank's to Picasa for making the picture looks nicer! xD

讓愛傳出去 (Rang Ai Chuan Chu Qu)

This beautiful song is the OST of one of Da Ai TV's drama, Menebar Benih Kasih (Rang Ai Chuan Chu Qu) which means: Let Love Spread Far and Wide.
So, let's spread loving kindness far and wide...
Gan en... =)



Rang Ai Chuan Chu Qu: (Let Love Spread Far and Wide)

ai shi kan bu jian de yu yan
love is the language that cannot be seen

ai shi mo bu dao de gan jue
love is the feelings that cannot be touched

ai shi wo men xiao xiao de xin yuan
love is our little wish

xi wang ni ping an kuai le yong yuan
hoping you be well and happy always

ai shi yang zhe tou de xi yue
love is the joy of being able to keep our head up high

ai shi shuo bu chu de gan xie
love is the gratitude that cannot be told

ai shi mei tian duo fu chu yi dian dian
love is a lot of little givings every day

shuang shou he shi bu zai hu kao yan
holding each other's hands no matter what ordeals may come

Reff:
Rang ai chuan chu qu
Let love spread far and wide

ta xiang yang guang wen nuan wo he ni
it's like the sunshine warm you and me

bu guan you duo yao yuan
no matter how far it may get

zong you dao de na yi tian
it will reach there someday

Rang ai chuan chu qu
Let love spread far and wide

na qian fang man man ren sheng lu
in the uncertain long roads of life

you ni de zhu fu
with your blessings

mei you guo bu qu de ku
there is no hardship that cannot be overcomed

Repeat Reff

wu~ wu~
you ni de zhu fu
with your blessings

mei you guo bu qu de ku
there is no hardship that cannot be overcomed

rang ai chuan chu qu~
let love spread far and wide~

Special thanks to:

Adi Sutanto (found this song from his blog... http://www.liriklagumandarin.com/2008/06/rang-ai-chuan-chu-qu.html you can see the mandarin character, youtube videos, and the pinyun of this song from his blog)

Power for helping me translating the song and revising the translation...

Uncle Eddie for helping us translating some idioms...

and of course for Da Ai TV, the singers, the song composers, actors, actresses, Zhu Yi De shi xiong and Lin Yu Yun shi jie for their inspiring life story, and of course to all who had contributed their effort to spread loving kindness far and wide... =) Gan en... =)

PS. Gan en means a grateful thank you.. =D

      Please correct me if i'm wrong.. my mandarin is very limited...

      Thank you! =)

Nodame Cantabile

Over time, people's memories,

...tend to bind people's hearts.

But people's hearts...

Just watched Nodame Cantabile, an Anime series recommended by my brother and lots of friends...
It has an interesting prologue which ends hanging as written above.

Mainly this Anime is about music, the struggling of music university students towards their dreams, reality, future, hardwork, ordeal, friendship, etc. A very funny and musical series! =) nice one...

Besides music, this film also show the viewers how memories have a significant impacts in our lives whether it is good or bad. Memories may cause a serious trauma, inexplicable behaviors,  phobias, even shape one's personality without one's being aware about the causes... Pretty scary, huh?

Believe it or not, It happened or is happening to all of us, though it can be very slight and gentle... Our experience is leaving scars and prints on our hearts, moulding whatsoever feelings and responses, like a time-bomb awaiting to explode... However, through Nodame Cantabile, the writer wants to remind us that everything still can change, no matter what phobias, trauma or weird behaviors one has... Still, everything can change... =)

Over time, people's memories,

...tend to bind people's hearts.

But people's hearts...

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But people's hearts...

...through meetings with other people,

can cast off...

those shackles.

[THE END]

Thinking 'bout new hair...

I'm thinking of having a new hair-cut before starting my uni life...
but currently, I don't know which hair style suits me best...
be it suits my personality and necessity...
and advice?

I was thinking to have my hair cut this short... guess it will be a new fresher look... 

... or maybe leave it a bit longer like this?

I'll always wanna have this kind of bob hair style... dunno whether it will suit my face..

...or just leave it long like this?

...any idea???